Fairfax County School Board reviews discipline policies for special needs students

By T. Rees Shapiro. In the 181,500-student Fairfax County school district, students with disabilities represent about 14 percent of the enrollment but are involved in about 40 percent of all discipline cases, according to school officials.
At a county School Board work session Thursday night, members focused on the disparity as they reviewed proposed ­changes to the district’s discipline policies aimed at making school administrators more sensitive to the needs of students with disabilities. Read more...